Hey all,
So, I've been feeling under the weather for a bit because I got a cold. While that was happening though, I got the chance to get Saints Row IV and play it from start to finish, and let me tell you... it's surprisingly good.
I'm not gonna spoil it in case someone reads this without having played the game, but I think it's pretty good despite all the goofy stuff they said they were gonna put in. To be honest, Saints Row 3 is way more goofy than this game.
I got a bit sad when I played the game though, just because of what happens in it. What I like is that you get an idea of how the boss feels about his friends, since they say a few words here and there about them. We also get to go deeper with these characters like Shaundi, Ben, and even Pierce.
What my hopes are for future games, which I don't know if they'll be doing, [I heard about a possible reboot, but then again, those are just rumors] is that they bring some closure to characters that we met in the past.
For example, Dex, Killbane, and even Julius.
If you play the DLC missions for SR2 you find out Dex works for Ultor and when the boss tries to go after him he flees. You don't hear about him at all, and the only thing we do hear about is some small extra game where you play as an assassin chick who kills him. That's not very creative nor does it do me justice with Dex.
The second is Killbane, and although there is mention in SR4 that he's been taken care of, I would actually like to see it happen as oppose to just hearing about it. I know in SR3 you get the option of killing him, but that's not canon, and the mission where you fight him in space is just for a movie. And it's a double, just like they did for Gat.
And then there's Julius. Again, in the DLC for SR2, you get a mission where you're tricked by Dex and meet with Julius. Some things happen, and you fight some soldiers, and by the end of it you get to kill Julius. Now, with him, I feel a bit good about it, because at least it's somewhat meaningful when Julius and the boss talk. Still, I would have liked to have a plot dealing with Julius as he tries to take down the boss again or something.
And this is just for me, but I would have really loved it if Troy quit the police and joined with his friends in the Saints. But I know he wouldn't, and honestly, his position in the police does a lot for the Saints, like bailing them out of jail, or covering their tracks. I don't know, I just really loved him in SR1.
And CARLOS. I was so incredibly sad when I played that mission, and he was so new and trying really hard to be a gang banger that I was just so sad. If they make a reboot I really hope they keep him in, since I know most of the crew who made the game really regretted killing him.
Well, that about covers my rant. I'm still a bit sick, but at least I got SR4 out of my system to focus on other stuff.